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Stomp the Yard

2007 · 114 min

An energetic, crowd-pleasing dance drama that mixes street moves with campus tradition, carrying a steady undercurrent of grief and brotherhood.

Directed by: Sylvain White
Genres: Drama, Music
Starring: Columbus Short, Meagan Good, Ne-Yo

Tagline: He will challenge their traditions. Their traditions will change his life.
Overview: After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo the girl he likes are sidelined when he is courted by the top two campus fraternities, both of which want and need his fierce street-style dance moves to win the highly coveted national step show competition.

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Directed by: Sylvain White
Genres: Drama, Music
Starring: Columbus Short, Meagan Good, Ne-Yo

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
found family
identity
redemption
ambition
Places: school
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	4
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	5
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, music
Directed by: Sylvain White
Written by: Robert Adetuyi
Starring: Columbus Short, Meagan Good, Ne-Yo, Darrin Henson, Brian J. White, Laz Alonso, Valarie Pettiford, Jermaine Williams
Music: Sam Retzer, Tim Boland
Cinematography: Scott Kevan
Runtime: 114 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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